Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Apparel brand Lululemon has filed a patent lawsuit against Peloton in an escalating legal battle over the exercise bike brand’s new eponymous line of fitness apparel, multiple sources report. Lululemon’s lawsuit, filed in a California district court Nov.

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Forrester eCommerce

JULY 22, 2019

The Value Of Brand Valuing a brand can be a deeply divisive exercise. Questioning it, or attempting to validate it, can well be an exercise in futility and mathematical mumbo jumbo. To most marketers, there is an axiomatic simplicity to brand value.

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Forrester eCommerce

MAY 16, 2019

Rather than undertake a full organizational design exercise, firms are adopting tactical change, creating agile delivery […]. Many firms have used Forrester’s principles of customer obsession to guide their business and IT transformation journey, striving to be customer-led, insights-driven, fast, and connected.

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Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 15, 2019

Every New Year, I find myself making lofty goals: eat better, exercise more, spend less time on social media. By mid-February, those goals are a distant blip in my rearview mirror; the reality of life gets into the way and I just fail at tracking progress. But this year is different (I swear). I created […]

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Forrester eCommerce

AUGUST 3, 2021

Needless to say the exercise is becoming more and more difficult and anything beyond 24 to 60 months looks very futuristic. As analysts, part of our jobs is to try to decipher the broader trends impacting businesses. That’s why I enjoy reading prospective books and especially publications of the National Intelligence Council.

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Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 31, 2020

When starting a project like the Future of the CISO – it’s a daunting exercise. While we don’t always share the background inspiration for our research, this time it’s quite important and will shed some light on how we arrived here. When we started planning this research in 2018 and working on it in 2019, […].

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Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 1, 2021

This is an exercise we do every year to hold us — the prediction-makers — accountable to our predictions. This week, we published scores for our 2020 cloud predictions. We assess if our predictions came to pass and explicitly call out if we were vague, too aggressive, or just simply wrong. Although we pride ourselves […].

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Forrester eCommerce

JULY 12, 2021

Once you’ve got Kubernetes in production, those predictable business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) exercises get a lot more interesting — and not necessarily in a good way. That’s why I’m focusing on the challenges of Kubernetes disaster recovery and business continuity in my recently published research.

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Forrester eCommerce

AUGUST 14, 2018

Journey mapping can be an energizing and eye-opening exercise in customer empathy. As advisors to B2B CX and Marketing Leaders in the Forrester Leadership Boards (FLB), we come along on many journey mapping “journeys”.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Cyber crisis simulation exercises involving both security teams and business leaders are also highly effective in improving an organization’s ability to detect and respond to breaches. Internal and external communication during and after a breach must form part of this exercise.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 4, 2022

I believed that competency mapping was a theoretical exercise invented by human resources or learning designers to test my last nerve. I was certain that the exercise would […]. When I was a first-time sales enablement practitioner, just the mention of “competencies” made my eyes glaze over and my attention immediately wane.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2022

The Vitamin Shoppe customers will now be able to shop a range of new product categories such as exercise equipment and accessories on VitaminShoppe.com that will be supplied by a network of dropship partners via the Logicbroker platform.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 19, 2021

As our flagship store, this space will allow us to exercise full creativity in design to offer a space of discovery for our customers,” said Lippes, Founder and CEO of the eponymous company in a statement. “I These items were selected to complement his ready-to-wear collection and recently launched jewelry line. “As

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2023

“As we saw customers accelerate their digital spend during the pandemic, we’re now seeing them optimize their digital spend to do more with less,” wrote Nadella “We’re also seeing organizations in every industry and geography exercise caution as some parts of the world are in a recession and other parts are anticipating one.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2021

The retailer reported “ triple-digit digital growth” for the year alongside 60% overall revenue growth as customers stocked up on apparel for their at-home exercise routines, according to The Evening Standard. Sweaty Betty makes more than 80% of its revenue through the direct-to-consumer channel, which was a boon during the 2020 lockdowns.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2022

The New York-headquartered connected fitness company is also suspending operations at exercise gear company Tonic Fitness Technology, which it acquired in October 2019. Taiwan-based manufacturer Rexon Industrial Corp. Premarket trading for Peloton shares rose more than 6% on the news.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2024

Department store services and technology, while not as big as grocery, could be a more accessible opportunity for Amazon and a great learning exercise.” Kestenbaum noted that Amazon “had hoped for big growth in supermarkets but it has proven a big challenge to crack into the top five performers in that industry.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

We will also be able to concentrate on continuing to improve The Body Shop’s business and refocusing Avon International’s footprint.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The plan will be exercised if a person or group acquires 20% or more of Purple’s common stock. Purple’s board of directors responded by forming a special committee to evaluate the proposal, which approved the adoption of a limited-duration shareholder rights plan, or poison pill, which expires on Sept.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2021

The retailer also formed a similar partnership with Tonal , opening 40 shops in 20 states, each equipped with a Tonal exercise machine that shoppers can try out for a full demo. Nordstrom has been emphasizing brand partnerships and store-in-a-store experiences to draw customers back to its brick-and-mortar locations post-COVID.

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BigCommerce

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Colonel Shoup was inspired to use the event as a public relations exercise for NORAD , publicizing the cutting-edge abilities of the organization. However, since 1955 NORAD (the successor to CONRAD) has maintained an annual campaign of tracking Santa Claus and informing the public of his progress on Christmas Eve.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

Now the retailer plans to scale the platform by opening up to third-party sellers in all areas, in particular: Apparel and accessories, including men’s, women’s, kids, bags, backpacks, sunglasses, gloves, hats and scarves; Sports and fitness , with a focus on exercise equipment, sporting goods, and health and wellness products; Pet supplies such as (..)

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

It’s a stark shift from 2020, when puzzles, gardening tools, cookware, headphones and exercise bikes topped shoppers’ lists. Compared to this same time last year, consumers are entertaining more, traveling more and dressing up — although they are not forgoing the sweatpants altogether.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2024

“The final rule is an attempt to regulate consumer contracts for all companies in all industries and across all sectors of the economy in which the customer purchases a service or subscription that will continue unless the customer exercises the option to cancel,” reads both petitions.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

At that point, existing shareholders will have the option purchase additional shares of the company’s common stock at a 50% discount from the then-current exercise price. The plan also provides the ability for shareholders to call a special meeting to exempt a “qualifying offer” from this option.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Today we’re tasked with generating demand, driving growth, retaining customers, building loyalty and exercising competitive advantage — all at the same time,” said Hsueh. That’s a lot of visual assets to manage, a fact that Hsueh acknowledged during Retail TouchPoints ’ recent “Holiday Readiness” webinar series.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2022

At the time, the tech-focused exercise retailer was dealing with falling stock prices stemming from challenges including two unfortunate media portrayals and mid-2021 product recalls following reports of 70 injuries and one death. The partnership comes months after Amazon reportedly expressed interest in acquiring Peloton in early 2022.

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My Wife Quit Her Job

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

For example when I was trying to get six pack abs, I spent a lot of time researching magical “muscle shakes” and “secret exercises” designed to burn fat (Anyone here ever take chromium picolinate:))? When I first.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Peloton is expanding beyond exercise equipment with the launch of a private label activewear brand called Peloton Apparel. The retailer will refresh its offerings every season with new styles made using the same fit and fabrics.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 3, 2023

Photo credit: Nike Studios Nike Studios will use consumer data to deliver better, more personalized experiences in studios and via the supporting app, with NRS spaces touting a “pace screen” that incorporates group collaboration and gamification into running exercises. The first Nike Studios location will open this year in West Hollywood, Calif.,

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Just like making a move to be healthier or start exercising, with data, starting small can make a huge difference. But just like exercising, if you can’t run as fast as the other runner, can’t do as many pushups or don’t look as good with a swimsuit on, it doesn’t mean it’s a worthless pursuit. Does my data need to be scrubbed?

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Optimizely

JUNE 18, 2019

It again leans into this idea that exercise should be approachable for everyone — not just for top athletes. ?? And once our order shipped, we got a slow and steady stream of promotional emails about new products, partnerships with other brands, and discounts. We especially liked the attention-grabbing subject line: “Made for LSD.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2022

According to the second annual report from the global architecture and design firm, shopping centers, malls and department stores are being transformed into mixed-use spaces, a trend that prioritizes the needs of consumers whose time is valuable as they change the ways they live, work, shop, dine, exercise and socialize.

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Kissmetrics

JUNE 16, 2021

Say you sell exercise supplements, and you’re launching a new product to help people recover after tough sessions. You can set up Google Alerts to help identify whether people are typing in search queries like “exercise recovery supplements” and “vitamin water.”. An example might be helpful here.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Other major categories were toys (up 285% ) and exercise equipment (up 218% ). Electronics were a major growth driver for the shopping holiday, with sales up 221% compared to the average day in October 2022, according to Adobe. Highlights in this category were smart home items (up 271% ) and audio equipment (up 230% ). billion in sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Our founder, Paul Bragg, emphasized the benefits of “the Bragg healthy lifestyle” more than a century ago, encouraging a nutritious, plant-based diet, plenty of water, daily exercise and breathing exercises to combat stress.

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Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

I have done a few exercises on implementing Zero Trust and ZTX in enterprises. The impetus for the strategy days was that those organizations had leaders that are Forrester clients and had read, or at least breezed through, the research that has been published on the topic of Zero Trust, and they are bought in […].

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